PARTS OF

THE
MOTHERBOA
RD
PREPARED BY:MARY ROSE
CANARES
PARTS OF THE MOTHERBOARD

*ROM Chip *AGP Slot

*Expansion Slot *FDD Socket

*Southbridge Chipset *USB Panel

*System Panel Connector *IDE Socket

*CMOS Battery *Memory Slots

*Northbrige *Microprocessor
Socket
 Motherboar
d

-is a printed circuit board

and foundation of a
computer that is the
biggest board in a computer
chassis. It allocates power
and allows communication
to and between the CPU,
RAM, and all other
computer hardware
components.
 ROM Chip
-is an acronym for
Read-Only Memory. It
refers to computer
memory chips
containing permanent
or semi-permanent
data. Unlike RAM, ROM
is non-volatile; even
after you turn off your
computer, the contents
 Expansion
Slot

-a place in a
computer where
an expansion
card can be
inserted.
 FDD
Socket

-A socket for Floppy

Disk Drive cable
connector or
interface.
 Southbrid
ge Chipset

- is the chip that

controls all of the
computers I/O
functions, such as
USB, audio, serial, the
system BIOS, the ISA
bus, the interrupt
controller and the IDE
channels.
 USB
Panel
USB stands for Universal
Serial Bus, an industry
standard for short-
distance digital data
communications. USB
ports allow USB devices
to be connected to each
other with and transfer
digital data over USB
cables.
 System
Panel
Connector

Alternatively referred
to as the fpanel or
front panel connector,
the system panel
connector or system
panel header controls
a computer power
button, reset button,
and LED's.
 IDE
Socket

IDE, an acronym for

Integrated Drive
Electronics, is a
standard type of
connection for storage
devices in a computer.
Generally, IDE refers to
the types of cables and
ports used to connect
some hard drives and
optical drives to each
 CMOS
Battery

A battery that
maintains the time,
date, hard disk and
other configuration
settings in the CMOS
memory. CMOS
batteries are small
and are attached
directly to the
 Memory
Slots

A memory slot, memory

socket, or RAM slot is
what allows RAM
(computer memory) to
be inserted into the
computer. Most
motherboards have two
to four memory slots,
which determine the
type of RAM used with
 Northbridg
e

Northbridge is an Intel
chipset that
communicates with
the computer
processor and controls
interaction with
memory, the
Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) bus,
Level 2 cache, and all
Accelerated Graphics
 Microprocess
or Socket

The processor socket

(also called a CPU
socket) is the
connector on the
motherboard that
houses a CPU and
forms the electrical
interface and contact
with the CPU.
 ATX Power
Connector

ATX Power Connector.

ATX power connectors
are designed to connect
a computer's power
supply to an ATX
motherboard. They are
constructed of metal
pins laid throughout a
nylon matrix.